Fur Seal Adaptations to Lactation: Insights into Mammary Gland Function

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 72, Issue , 2005, Pages 275-308

  Sharp, Julie A ^a   Cane, Kylie N ^a   Lefevre, Christophe ^a,b   Arnould, John P Y ^c   Nicholas, Kevin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LACTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEAL; UDDER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FUR SEALS; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL;

EID: 33645873300     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2153(05)72006-8     Document Type: Review

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